Twenty-six updates were posted on the OTN ArchBeat Facebook Page last week (February 10-16, 2013), most linking to blog posts and other content created by or featuring community members. The following list represents the top ten most popular posts.

SOA and Oracle Fusion Middleware for the Busy IT Professional | Dr. Frank Munz
"Not everybody is starting up JDeveloper first thing in the morning in order to work with Oracle SOA Suite," says Dr. Frank Munz. "Let’s face it: Instead of being an SOA expert, any given IT specialist is more likely a certified DB admin, a Java developer or somebody who was just told by his manager to take care of that Oracle Service Bus installation." If that description fits you, do yourself a favor and read Munz's post.

Video: Lucas Jellema: SOA, Events, BPM, and Oracle ADF
By the time you see this Oracle ACE Director Lucas Jellema will on his way to India to participate in the OTN Yathra Tour. But I caught him at home this morning for a brief conversation about his latest OTN article, SOA, BPM, Oracle ADF and more.

Oracle BPM, UCM, and Humantasks | Marcel van de Glind
Marcel van de Glind has been working with Jan van Zoggel in preforming tests to detemine "the best fit for the combination of BPM, UCM and Humantasks." Marcel's post shares links to several blog posts that detail the results of those tests.

Tech salaries 'see biggest jump in a decade': survey | Joe McKendrick
As reported by ZDNet's Joe McKendrick: "Dice, the online tech recruiting site, finds plenty to be upbeat about in the tech market, particularly for certain markets and skillsets. If you're a big data professional in New York or Silicon Valley, you can write your own ticket. But the opportunities extend far and wide." Have you benefited from the hot market for IT pros?

Tailoring Fusion Applications in the Cloud Explained
This post from the Fusion Applications Developer Relations Blog aims to explain "what you can and cannot do to Fusion Applications (Release 5) that are deployed as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) via the Oracle Cloud."

Thought for the Day

"Companies should make their own enterprise systems as often as network security companies should manufacture their own aspirin."